WELL · 42-409-81278 · DISTRICT 4

Hill Ben #2D

WaterPlugged

San Patricio County · Morgan field · Vertical

Hill Ben #2D (API 42-409-81278) is a plugged well in San Patricio County, plugged March 26, 1990, last operated by Dixie Oil & Gas.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 6, 1979, permitted to 1,550 ft.

It was permitted by Varn Petroleum CO. and has since transferred to Dixie Oil & Gas on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Dixie Oil & Gas

Permitted by Varn Petroleum Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Kerrville, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 1, 1997

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Dixie Oil & Gas
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Varn Petroleum Co.Sep 6, 1979

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

1,550: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Sep 6, 1979: last permit issued
Oct 24, 1979: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 24, 1979
Shut in: —
Plugged: Mar 26, 1990

Surface location

No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Hill, Ben O-4-9433	Morgan	Dixie Oil & Gas	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Aug 2003

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
57254-99	Other	Varn Petroleum Co.	Sep 6, 1979	Sep 6, 1979	—	1,550

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-4-9433	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
1,330	1,480	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
2.375	1,314	—	—
4.5	1,529	7.625	250 S

Completion filings

W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Jan 12, 1984	Dec 4, 1979	—

The source documents

Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.

Wellbore filings for 42-409-81278 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-409-81278 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

56: bbl, last 12 reported months
226: bbl, all reported
Feb 1985: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000004383	W-14 Disposal	Plugged Dec 10, 1997	150	700	1,330–1,480

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 16 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 165

About this data

Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.

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